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than II God Ind yet " Do you the lIrst
kindness. or you had 20 do God the
first wrong. Seated on his lap All
these years, his everlasting arms SHELF
tering you. where Is your gratitude
Where Is your morn ng and evening
prayer Where is your consecrAted
lives? ! say 10 you, as Daniel said TO
| Belshazzar:
The God in whose hand thy breath IL.
and all thy way, thou hast not gIorifed.
! Jacob, with good deal of tug and
push. took the stone from the wells
mouth, SO that the fiocks might be
watered. And / would that this
morning my word, blessed Of God,
might remove the hindrances 10 your
getting up to the Gospel well. Yea,
l take II for granted that the work Is
done. and now like oriental shep-
herds, proceed TO water the sheep.
Come, all We thirsty! You have an
underlined longing in your soul. You
tried money-making; that did not
satisfy you. You tried Office under
Governments; that did not satisfy you.
You tried pictures and sculptures; but
works of art did not satisfy You.
You are as much Disseminated with
this life as the celebrated French au-
thor who felt that he could not any
longer endure the misfortunes OF the
world, and who said:
AT 4 o'clock this afternoon l shall
put an end 10 my own existence.
Meantime. must toll on mp 20 that
time for the sustenance of my family"
And he wrote on his book until the
clock struck 4. when he folded up his
manuscript. and, by his own hand.
concluded his earthly life. There are
men In this house who are perfectly
discontinued. Unhappy in the past,
unhappy to-day, to be unhappy for
ever, unless YOU cone 10 this gospel
well. This satisfies the soul with a
high, deep, allabsorbing and eternal
satisfaction. IL comes, and IL offers
the most unfortunate man so much OF
this world as is best for him, and throws
all heaven into the bargain. The
wealth of Croesus, and of all the
Stewards, and of all the Earrings, and
all the Rothchilds is only poor miser-
able shilling compared with the eternal
fortunes that Christ offers you to-day.
In the far East there was king
who used once year TO get on scales,
while on the other side the scales were
were placed gold and silver and gems.
Indeed, enough We're placed there To
balance the king; then, at the close of
the weighing. al those treasures were
thrown among the populace. But
Christ to-day steps on one side the
scales, and on the other side are all
the treasures of the universe, and he
says
"All are yours-all height, all depth
all length, all breadth, all eternity; all
are yours"
We don't appreciate the promises OF
the Gospel. When an aged clergyman
was dying--a man very eminent in the
Church--a young theological studen,
stood by his side. and the aged man
looked up and said 10 him:
"Cant you give me some comfort In
my dying hourg'
"No," said the young man, II can't
talk TO you on this subject; you know
all about IL, and have known II so
long"
"well," said the dying man, "just
recite To me some promises"
The young man thought a moment,
and he came TO the promise:
Tho blood OF Jesus Christ closnseti
from all SIN.
And the old man clapped his hands,
and In his dying moment said:
That's just the promise have beer
waiting for:
The blood OF Jesus Oh rist cleansetl
from al sin"
Oh, the warmth, the grandeur, tn,
magnihcence Of the promise.
Come. also, 10 this gospel well, al
We troubled. | do not suppose yoI
have escaped. Compare your view o.
this life at Ii years Of age with VIVA
your view Is OF IL at 40 or go or 20
. What n great contrast of opinion
, Were you right then, or are you right
nowY Two cups placed In your hands
the one sweet cup. the other sou
: cup A cup OF JOY and a cup OF grief
Which has been the nearest TO being
: full, and out OF which have you thu
more frequently partakeng What {
different place Greenwood Is from
, what it used 10 be. Once IL was 4
, you grand city improvement. anC
} you went out on the pleasure excur
, sion, and you ran laughingly up tho
mound, and you criticised in ligh
way the epitaph. But since the day